Amasa Stone and The Ashtabula Bridge Disaster - Couverture souple

Salter, Darius L

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1609471849 ISBN 13 : 9781609471842

Editeur : Emeth Press, 2022

Synopsis

The Ashtabula Bridge disaster was a horrific engineering failure that shocked late 19th century America. But was Amasa Stone's innovative all-iron bridge "an experiment which ought never have been tried," as the foreman of the Coroner's Jury proclaimed? Or was it "an honest effort to improve the bridge practice of the country," as an engineering investigator reported? In this meticulously researched book, Dr. Darius Salter delves deeply into these questions-and many other issues sorrounding the disaster. Through this fascinating story, we can gain important insights about the role of human judgment in engineering and the inherent risk in technological innovation.

-Stephen J. Ressler, P.E., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Emeth Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1609471849
• ISBN 13: 9781609471842
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 388
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible